Praising when you can't stand
There are days when I feel alright, but lately, those are getting fewer and farther between. Church, something every Christian should look forward to and strive to fully participate in, is sometimes exhausting, and long, and the act of sitting, standing, sitting, standing, and then sitting and standing again is sometimes just too much. So sometimes I sit during worship. I sit when we come in, and I stay sat. At first, I worried too much about what other people would think (big surprise there). Would they think I'm any less worshipful? am I less earnest somehow? Should I be standing, even through the dizziness? Shouldn't I be willing to make that sacrifice? And really, is it a sacrifice at all or any big deal? Christ died for me, and I can't stand for him? Seems selfish. but is it? What does the Bible say about what God requires of us, anyway? Doesn't it prescribe a certain way to worship? "Thou shalt stand or thine fellow worshippers may pelt thee with gar